Painted Close Up Fashion With a Leather Jacket


Painted close up fashion with a leather jacket.


I was drawn to this image because I wanted to capture the prominent facial features.


I also wanted to draw the wispy hair.


The image that I drew is very similar, but not identical to, the original photo.


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Painted Close Up Fashion with a Leather Jacket - The Process


I started with a sketch of the face.


I then drew the shape of the eyes, nose, and lips.


All three features were challenging to draw.


I erased many times before I was finally satisfied with how they looked.


The hair was a lot of fun to depict.


I stayed true to the style, and texture, as reflected in the photo.


I enjoyed capturing every single strand.


The image was now starting to take form.


I filled in the pupils with brown colored pencil, and the lips with pink colored pencil.


The skin, eyeshadow, and leather jacket were painted with watercolor.


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Painting Close Up Fashion with a Leather Jacket - Painting with Watercolor


About five years ago, I did not particularly care for watercolor.


Each time I used it, the colors were pasty and opaque.


One day, I watched my niece paint with watercolor, as this is her favorite medium.


I noticed that she added a lot of water to the paint.


I was definitely not adding this much water, so I followed her lead.


What a difference it made.


I can now appreciate watercolor, and the color variations that it gives.


The same color can be shaded slightly different in separate images.


I'm so glad that I learned this technique.



Painted Close Up Fashion with a Leather Jacket - My 
Thoughts


The final image looks much better than I thought it would.


I am starting to pay more attention to the fine details when I am drawing.


I am aiming to be more precise with all of the lines, and angles.


The slightest deviation can change the entire look of the image.


I like the detailed hair.


I also like the shabby chic look of the brown leather jacket.


This look was not intentional.


It was created by the way the watercolor flowed across the paper.


The colors in the lips, eyeshadow, and jacket are faint, and blend well with the skin tone.


Overall, I would say that this image is perfectly imperfect.


Painted Close Up Fashion with a Leather Jacket - Abstract Art


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